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Shower pump

beebaw · 2011-08-13 09:41:11

I was on holidays recently and the shower in the hotel room was amazing, it was so powerful although the actual shower head was old im sure the pressure is all down to the pump behind it. Anyhow i live in a terraced house with and existing water pump sitting ontop of a vater vessel, im looking for suggestions to change the…

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beebaw

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I was on holidays recently and the shower in the hotel room was amazing, it was so powerful although the actual shower head was old im sure the pressure is all down to the pump behind it. Anyhow i live in a terraced house with and existing water pump sitting ontop of a vater vessel,
im looking for suggestions to change the water pump if this is needed to increase the pressure for the shower. it is a mixer tap in the shower with hose used.
thanks.

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#2 13-08-2011 6:01pm

Sparkpea

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shower hose probably has a small bore if its a cheap one so thats not good for a start unless ur pressure is bouncing. good shower hose like a mira or aqualisa is about £25 iirc.

what bar pressure is the current pump thats in?

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